**Meet the editor**

Professor Dr. Pengzhong Li is the Assistant Director of Sino-German School of Postgraduate Studies (CDHK) of Tongji University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University in 2004. From 1995 to 2001, he worked as the Manager of Business Department and Warehousing Management Department in Guilin Daewoo Bus Co., LTD. He is a Di-

rector of Intelligent Manufacturing and Services Branch of China Creative Studies Institute and Director of East China Branch of National College Institute of Manufacturing Automation. His research interests are intelligent manufacturing systems and manufacturing process quality control technology. At present, he is committed to research on man-machine coordination in the application of Artificial Intelligence.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Automation 1** Pengzhong Li

**Architecture 5** Rahul Singh Chowhan

Tomasz Rymarczyk

**Drive System 39**

Shane Loughlin

**Industrial Tomography 25**

Liang Luo and Weimin Zhang

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: New Trends in Industrial**

Chapter 2 **Evolution and Paradigm Shift in Distributed System**

Chapter 4 **Electromechanical Co-Simulation for Ball Screw Feed**

Chapter 5 **Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0: Exploring the Transition 59**

Chapter 3 **A Nondestructive Distributed Sensor System for Imaging in**
